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Greater New York City Area

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is an independent national statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local governments, business, and labor. It is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics and also serves as a statistical resource to the Department of Labor.

Greater New York City Area

The Literacy Program helps individuals improve English language skills so they can participate more fully in family, workplace and community life.

Greater New York City Area

CS 105, Introduction to Scientific Computing: An introductory course in computer programming for undergraduates. Students address numerous interdisciplinary assignments using the self-contained MATLAB programming environment, widely used by the scientific, engineering and financial communities. CS 115, Introduction to Computer Science: An introductory programming course grounded in the Java programming language. Topics covered include object-oriented programming and design, recursion, data structures and making use of Unified Modeling Language diagrams.• Prepared and delivered slide presentations, quizzes, in-class exercises and programming examples for two to three weekly two-hour lab sections with up to 30 students enrolled in each section. Graded all coursework, programming assignments and major exams, providing feedback as necessary. Conducted comprehensive review sessions during exam periods, and held supplemental weekly office hours for student consultations.

Greater New York City Area

GSI is a global research consultancy with practices in the areas of security technologies and independent living for the elderly. Their work encompasses a broad spectrum of emerging technologies, all of which contribute to the safety, security, and autonomy of the individual, with services ranging from addressing public policy to those that develop, test, and bring to market breakthrough products and solutions that affect security, safety, autonomous living, and healthcare.• Researched public and private sector initiatives and developed targeted proposals, relationships and strategy for pursuing identified opportunities.• Evaluated domestic and international public and private sector grant opportunities for applicability to firm’s core research and service objectives.• Wrote grant funding proposals, research papers, and reports based on donor guidelines, specifications, and analysis of business / technical issues.• Performed primary and web-based research on governmental and non-governmental sources, and directed Research Assistants in similar activity.• Delivered consulting services in keeping with existing client engagements that included research, analysis, and report / presentation development.

Greater New York City Area

Hudson County CASA is an independent, non-profit organization committed to advocating for the best interests of abused and neglected children, seeking to ensure the availability of needed services while helping to move them toward safe and permanent homes. CASA volunteers are officers of the court appointed by family court judges to speak on behalf of children who have been removed from their homes and assigned to out-of-home placements such as shelters, group homes and foster care.• Conducted an independent investigation including review of case files, records and reports from various social service providers, agencies and authorities. Interviewed the child(ren) and all relevant adults. Monitored the situation, kept accurate records, and provided status reports at hearings.• Completed 30-hours of training covering topics such as: Understanding the Courts; Child Psychological Disorders and Poverty; Impact of Child Abuse and Neglect; Developing Cultural Competency; Children and Family Systems (Division of Youth and Family Services); and, Case Work.

Greater New York City Area

GSS is a small, privately held company specializing in the ownership and administration of special purpose vehicles established in connection with structured finance transactions. Their focus is to provide those entities with equity capital, independent officers and directors, commercial paper (cp) administration, accounting, treasury management and corporate services, with clients including domestic and international money center banks, investment banks, independent finance companies and industrial corporations.• Managed approximately 35 financing entities active in both foreign and domestic capital markets, concomitant with $100 Bln + in cp outstanding.• Directed and mentored 6 professionals within a climate of high volume transactions, exceptionally tight deadlines, and frequent client interaction.• Produced highly specialized database applications for complex structured finance transactions, with precise legal and rating agency requirements.• Developed and implemented staff performance review methodologies, conducted periodic appraisals, and managed the employee search process.• Prepared and reviewed sets of periodic financial statements and worked closely with outside auditors in the issuance of annual audited statements.• Wrote extensive operating procedure manuals for select special purpose companies, primers for financial instruments, and industry best practices.• Delivered administrative and technical presentations as part of sales process, and managed business integration effort for new client relationships.• Reviewed and contributed to service and management agreements, pricing, and the oversight of client billing practices and income reconciliation.• Acted as independent director for special purpose companies in securitization and project finance in accordance with corporate governance rules.

Greater New York City Area

Park Avenue Receivables Corporation (PARCO) - bankruptcy-remote, special-purpose corporation doing business as a multi-seller asset backed commercial paper conduit. Asset interests acquired by the purchase or finance of receivables originated by foreign and domestic entities (sellers) through the proceeds raised from the issuance of notes, obligations of PARCO, with discount (or interest) expected to be paid at maturity from collections allocated from this discrete portfolio of financial assets. A variety of credit enhancement features provided the support that enabled the notes to maintain short-term debt ratings of A-I, P-I and F-l.• Managed all facets of daily activity for multi-seller conduit concomitant with $10 Bln + in cp outstanding, 48 sellers, and 14 distinct asset classes.• Directed the placement, confirmation and release of discounted and floating rate trades with Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs or Chase Securities.• Communicated with sellers daily, reviewing funding requirements, borrowing base, portfolio performance, forecasting, collections, invoicing, etc.• Performed detailed analysis of transaction documents for the production of key structural, financial covenant and compliance summaries for staff.• Priced and advanced administrative and resource cost allocation factor on proposed transactions, successfully increasing CMFS revenues by 10%.• Conveyed critical business and technical specifications, managing implementation of cp splitting functionality on liability management platforms.• Ensured adequacy of program enhancements and liquidity levels (intra-day lines, letters of credit, swing lines, reserves) sized to credit exposures.• Designed, maintained and enhanced spreadsheet models involving seller specific and program wide cash flows, compliance, or portfolio analysis.• Supervised and trained staff members on daily task performance and attainment of group wide objectives and interviewed prospective candidates.

Greater Boston Area

Health Care Management Associates, Inc. was formed in 1979 to assist non-profit, religious and charitable sponsors of senior health and residential services relative to strategic planning, feasibility studies, market analysis, facility and program planning, operational audits, financial planning, management turnaround, project management, and capital finance and development.• Performed local bed need and factor cost analyses for nursing home, assisted-living, hospital-based and convalescent facilities building proposals.• Calculated capital expenditure and operating cost hurdles from developer estimates, reimbursement criteria, budget forecasts and standard of care.• Managed regulatory requirements to achieve most efficient satisfaction of federal, state and local government agency mandates and expectations.

Greater Boston Area

EagleFunding Capital Corporation - bankruptcy-remote, special-purpose corporation doing business as a multi-seller asset backed commercial paper conduit with total $ U.S. commitments of $ 1 Billion.• Placed and confirmed commercial paper trades and actively managed dealer issuance performance vis-a-vis LIBOR, ABCP and H15 (cp) indices.• Performed account reconciliations, communicated journal entry transactions, and reviewed for accuracy of postings of activity to General Ledger.• Interfaced with loan operations and syndicate bank groups to ensure the proper recognition of income, exposure and back-stop liquidity facilities.• Participated in design, implementation and review of all daily, weekly and monthly spreadsheet settlement reports, and offered recommendations.• Tracked seller receivable pool data with emphasis on aging, concentrations, credit performance and determination of borrowing base availability.• Prepared Quarterly Portfolio Management Report and Monthly Conduit Performance Report for dealers, investors and internal credit distribution.• Managed observance of internal credit policies and procedures, scheduled independent auditor's reports, and drafted financial asset confirmations.• Prepared discounted cash flows for Treasury Operations, and culled yield curve and default scenario data for analysis of specific asset portfolios.• Provided timely data breakdown and analysis to satisfy regulatory reporting requirements, credit rating agency reviews and pitch book proposals.

Greater Boston Area

The Determination of Need Program (DoN) promotes the availability and accessibility of cost effective quality health care services to the citizens of Massachusetts and assists in controlling health care costs. DoN was established by the Legislature in 1971 to encourage equitable geographic and socioeconomic access to health care services, help maintain standards of quality, and constrain overall health care costs by eliminating duplication of expensive technologies, facilities and services. DoN receives applications from health care facilities planning substantial capital expenditures or substantial change in services. It is the responsibility of DoN to evaluate proposals and make recommendations to the Public Health Council members who then approve or disapprove the expenditures and/or new services. Applications are reviewed using specific standards and guidelines.• Reviewed complex and contentious health care financing proposals, preparing comprehensive written reports summarizing methods and findings.• Performed financial accounting analysis to determine feasibility, reasonableness, of proposed capital expenditure and operating cost components.• Developed and implemented policies to oversee a care provider’s commitments under terms and conditions negotiated by representatives of DPH.• Monitored health care service providers’ compliance with applicable DoN Regulations, recommending sanctions where necessary or appropriate.• Brokered and coordinated interests of local community based health agencies, healthcare providers, elected officials or effected consumer groups.• Presented controversial docket matters before the public, the press, the Commissioner of Public Health and the 9-member Public Health Council.

M.S. Computer Science, Databases, Security & Privacy

Activities and Societies: Association for Computing Machinery, New York Academy of Sciences• Conducted field work in Carteret, NJ.

Financial Accounting

B.A., Economics & Political Science

Activities and Societies: Omicron Delta Epsilon, Sigma Phi Epsilon• District of Columbia Corporation Counsel, Department of Civil.